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Secondary Education at Western Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying secondary education, you may want to check out the program at Western Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year. Of the 34 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut State University in 2021, 11 of them were secondary education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

WestConn Secondary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

WestConn Secondary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the secondary teaching progam at WestConn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at WestConn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
55
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 90
100
Most Focused Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 108
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 143
Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 178
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools 234
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools 241
Best Secondary Education Schools 344
Best Value Secondary Education Schools 351

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at WestConn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Western Connecticut State University.

WestConn Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from WestConn. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

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About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at WestConn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

WestConn also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers 15,410 $76,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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